The Catholic Church's Newest Member.

Two days after Luke was born he was baptized in the NICU at Sierra Vista Hospital. It was a legitimate baptism but the ceremony was horribly somber and lacked the traditional Catholic elements that come with a proper church service. Also missing were Luke's godparents- David (Matt's brother) and Aly (one of my oldest and dearest friends.)

March 29, 2007

We decided to do a redo/completion of the baptism at our parish (Mission San Luis Obispo) this past Sunday. Luke, along with 2 other babies, went through the standard ceremony only Luke did not received the water poured over his head like the other two. Most of our family was in attendance and it was much more joyous (though still with tears!) then the previous occasion.

Grandpa Jim and Grandma Stephanie (my dad and step mom) were kind enough to gift us this past weekend with a video camera. Whereas I am our little family's official photographer and blog-master, Matt has now taken over video recording and editing duties.

Without further ado- I present Luke's baptism. I hope to get some pictures up soon (I didn't take any so I have to wait for submissions) but this video does a wonderful (and brief) job of capturing Luke's moment being officially welcomed into the Catholic church.

NOTE: Deacon Chuck made the story a little more dramatic then it was. Luke was baptized on a Thursday and he was transferred to Stanford the following Monday- no helicopter was waiting in the wings (but he was transferred via helicopter.)